τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
tickling: P. γαργαλισμός, ὁ (Plato), κνῆσις, ἡ, Ar. γάργαλος, ὁ.
prick, sting: V. θάλπος, τό.